Device for supporting a lamp and swing-brush



M. A. DEBS. Device for-Supporting a Lamp and Swing-Brush.

Patented Mar. 23, 1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARK A. DEES, OF SORANTON, MISSISSIPPI.

DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING A LAMP AND SWING-BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,807, dated March 23, 1880.

Application filed January 7, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARK A. DEEs, of Scranton, Jackson county, State of Mississippi, have invented a new Improvement in a Device for Supporting aLam p and Swing-Brush, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to construct and fit chandeliers in a manner to permit their use during the day as brushes for keeping tables free from flies.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of an apartment fitted with my combined chandelier and fly-brush. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the chandelier.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The chandelier A consists of an open frame of the required size, and of any desired form or material, fitted with a basket, a, to receive a lamp-fountain or gas-jet,in the usual manner.

The chandelier is attached by means of a setscrew, to, to a bar, I), that is hung by a knucklejoint to the hanger b, that is attached firmly to the ceiling of the apartment, as illustrated by Fig. 1.

At one side of the apartment, near the ceilin g, anangle-lever, c, is hung in a suitable support, from one arm of which lever a wire or cord, 0, passes to and is connected with the chandelier-bar b. From the other arm of lever c a cord or wire, f, passes to a second anglelever, g, that is preferably fitted beneath the floor of the apartment, and from lever g a cord or wire, h, passes to a lever, i, that projects upward through an aperture in the floor, and is fitted with a foot-piece, 70, so that it may be used as a treadle.

The lever i, or a pit-man that leads to an angle-lever, is to be placed in a position for convenient operation by a person sitting at the table, and so as to be covered by the table.

When it is desired to use the chandelier as a brush for keeping flies from the table, the lamp may be removed and the chandelier given a swinging motion by means of the treadle. The connections will be fitted so that the brush will swing over only the center portion of the table, and such movement can be given with but slight effort on the part of the operator.

To render the apparatus more effective as a brush, banners or tufts of suitable material are to be attached to the chandelier, as shown at l, which will remain permanently, and will not be liable to injure or upset articles on the table.

The chandelier may be adjusted on the bar b according to the height of the ceiling and table.

I do not limit myself to the details of construction exactly as shown and described, as the connections and devices for swinging the brush may be varied both in construction and position.

During the day-time, when the lamp-fountain is not in the basket, there may be flowers or fruit placed therein.

The device can be used as well with gas as with oil by having a flexible piece of hose or pipe where the bar I) joins the ceiling.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- An adjustable frame adapted, substantially as shown and described, to support a lamp and brush, in combination with the treadle, rods, and levers, as and for the purpose specified.

MARK ASHLEY DEES.

Witnesses M. B. RICHMOND, W. A. KREBS. 

